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Stephen D. Tyerman

Stephen D. Tyerman

D-Index & Metrics

Plant Science and Agronomy

D-Index
84
Citations
23150
World Ranking
361
National Ranking
35

Stephen D. Tyerman publication distribution in Plant Science and Agronomy in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Plant Science and Agronomy in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Stephen D. Tyerman sits on this spectrum.

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36 publications 467+

This scientist: 245 publications — 86th percentile

86% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 467 publications or more.

Stephen D. Tyerman D-index placement in Plant Science and Agronomy in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Plant Science and Agronomy scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Stephen D. Tyerman sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 109+

This scientist: 84 D-Index — 95th percentile

95% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 109 D-Index or more.

Overview

What is he best known for?

The fields of study he is best known for:

  • Botany
  • Gene
  • Biochemistry

His primary scientific interests are in Botany, Biochemistry, Aquaporin, Membrane and Biophysics. Stephen D. Tyerman combines Botany and Water flow in his research. The concepts of his Aquaporin study are interwoven with issues in Hydraulic conductivity, Gene expression and Apoplast.

His research integrates issues of Peribacteroid membrane and Gating in his study of Membrane. His Biophysics research is multidisciplinary, incorporating perspectives in Membrane channel, Tetraethylammonium and Ion channel. As a part of the same scientific family, he mostly works in the field of Transporter, focusing on Salinity and, on occasion, Plant cell and Xylem.

His most cited work include:

  • Plant aquaporins: multifunctional water and solute channels with expanding roles. (520 citations)
  • Wheat grain yield on saline soils is improved by an ancestral Na + transporter gene (456 citations)
  • Wheat grain yield on saline soils is improved by an ancestral Na + transporter gene (456 citations)

What are the main themes of his work throughout his whole career to date?

The scientist’s investigation covers issues in Botany, Biochemistry, Biophysics, Aquaporin and Membrane. In Botany, Stephen D. Tyerman works on issues like Horticulture, which are connected to Salinity. His Biophysics research integrates issues from Membrane channel, Patch clamp, Ion channel and Ion transporter.

His work on Major intrinsic proteins as part of general Aquaporin study is frequently linked to Water transport, therefore connecting diverse disciplines of science. His work in Membrane tackles topics such as Peribacteroid membrane which are related to areas like Symbiosome. Stephen D. Tyerman combines subjects such as Berry and Phloem with his study of Xylem.

He most often published in these fields:

  • Botany (37.67%)
  • Biochemistry (26.46%)
  • Biophysics (27.80%)

What were the highlights of his more recent work (between 2016-2021)?

  • Botany (37.67%)
  • Aquaporin (20.18%)
  • Berry (18.39%)

In recent papers he was focusing on the following fields of study:

Stephen D. Tyerman mainly investigates Botany, Aquaporin, Berry, Biophysics and Horticulture. His work is dedicated to discovering how Botany, Nutrient are connected with Inoculation and other disciplines. His studies deal with areas such as Permeation and Transpiration as well as Aquaporin.

His Berry research includes themes of Ripening, Canopy, Phloem, Xylem and Pedicel. His Biophysics study combines topics from a wide range of disciplines, such as Xenopus, Membrane, Transporter and Phosphorylation. His work in the fields of Horticulture, such as Cultivar and Water stress, overlaps with other areas such as Nir spectra.

Between 2016 and 2021, his most popular works were:

  • γ-Aminobutyric acid (GABA) signalling in plants (95 citations)
  • Energy costs of salt tolerance in crop plants (93 citations)
  • Chloroplast function and ion regulation in plants growing on saline soils: lessons from halophytes. (57 citations)

In his most recent research, the most cited papers focused on:

  • Botany
  • Gene
  • Ecology

Stephen D. Tyerman spends much of his time researching Botany, Shoot, Salinity, Ion transporter and Nutrient. Stephen D. Tyerman regularly ties together related areas like Abiotic stress in his Botany studies. Stephen D. Tyerman has included themes like Efficient energy use, Agronomy, Crop and Apoplast in his Salinity study.

His research in Ion transporter intersects with topics in Xenopus, Biophysics and Aquaporin. When carried out as part of a general Nutrient research project, his work on Zinc deficiency is frequently linked to work in Medicago truncatula, Colonisation and Rhizophagus irregularis, therefore connecting diverse disciplines of study. His study with Membrane involves better knowledge in Biochemistry.

Best Publications

  • Wheat grain yield on saline soils is improved by an ancestral Na + transporter gene

    Rana Munns;Richard A James;Bo Xu;Bo Xu;Bo Xu;Asmini Athman;Asmini Athman

  • Plant aquaporins: multifunctional water and solute channels with expanding roles.

    S.D. Tyerman;C.M. Niemietz;Helen Bramley

  • The Role of Molybdenum in Agricultural Plant Production

    Brent N. Kaiser;Kate L. Gridley;Joanne Ngaire Brady;Thomas Phillips

  • Aquaporins: Highly Regulated Channels Controlling Plant Water Relations

    François Chaumont;Stephen D. Tyerman

  • The Role of Plasma Membrane Intrinsic Protein Aquaporins in Water Transport through Roots: Diurnal and Drought Stress Responses Reveal Different Strategies between Isohydric and Anisohydric Cultivars of Grapevine

    Rebecca K. Vandeleur;Gwenda Mayo;Megan C. Shelden;Matthew Gilliham

  • Plant aquaporins: Their molecular biology, biophysics and significance for plant water relations

    Stephen D. Tyerman;H. J. Bohnert;C. Maurel;Ernst Steudle

  • Mechanisms of Cl- transport contributing to salt tolerance

    Natasha L. Teakle;Stephen D. Tyerman

  • Energy costs of salt tolerance in crop plants

    Rana Munns;Rana Munns;David A Day;Wieland Fricke;Michelle Watt

  • GABA signalling modulates plant growth by directly regulating the activity of plant-specific anion transporters

    Sunita A. Ramesh;Stephen D. Tyerman;Bo Xu;Jayakumar Bose;Jayakumar Bose

  • Fruit Calcium: Transport and Physiology.

    Bradleigh Hocking;Stephen D. Tyerman;Rachel A. Burton;Matthew Gilliham

  • The identification of aluminium-resistance genes provides opportunities for enhancing crop production on acid soils

    P. R. Ryan;S. D. Tyerman;T. Sasaki;T. Furuichi

  • New potent inhibitors of aquaporins: silver and gold compounds inhibit aquaporins of plant and human origin

    Christa M Niemietz;Stephen D Tyerman

  • The emerging importance of the SPX domain-containing proteins in phosphate homeostasis

    David Secco;Chuang Wang;Bulak A. Arpat;Zhiye Wang

  • Inhibition of water channels by HgCl2 in intact wheat root cells

    Wen-Hao Zhang;Stephen D. Tyerman

  • Calcium delivery and storage in plant leaves: exploring the link with water flow

    Matthew Gilliham;Maclin Dayod;Bradleigh J. Hocking;Bo Xu

  • γ-Aminobutyric acid (GABA) signalling in plants

    Sunita A. Ramesh;Stephen D. Tyerman;Matthew Gilliham;Bo Xu

  • Aluminum activates an anion channel in the apical cells of wheat roots

    Peter R. Ryan;Martha Skerrett;Geoffrey P. Findlay;Emmanuel Delhaize

  • Cell-Specific Vacuolar Calcium Storage Mediated by CAX1 Regulates Apoplastic Calcium Concentration, Gas Exchange, and Plant Productivity in Arabidopsis

    Simon J. Conn;Matthew Gilliham;Asmini Athman;Andreas W. Schreiber;Andreas W. Schreiber

  • Sources of water used by riparian Eucalyptus camaldulensis overlying highly saline groundwater.

    Lisa J. Mensforth;Peter J. Thorburn;Steve D. Tyerman;Glen R. Walker

  • Chloroplast function and ion regulation in plants growing on saline soils: lessons from halophytes.

    Jayakumar Bose;Rana Munns;Sergey Shabala;Matthew Gilliham

  • Review: Nutrient loading of developing seeds

    Wen-Hao Zhang;Yuchan Zhou;Katherine E. Dibley;Stephen D. Tyerman

  • Root ion channels and salinity

    S.D Tyerman;I.M Skerrett

  • Malate-permeable channels and cation channels activated by aluminum in the apical cells of wheat roots

    Wen-Hao Zhang;Peter R. Ryan;Stephen D. Tyerman

  • Roles of morphology, anatomy, and aquaporins in determining contrasting hydraulic behavior of roots.

    Helen Bramley;Neil C. Turner;David W. Turner;Stephen D. Tyerman

Frequent Co-Authors

Matthew Gilliham
Matthew Gilliham University of Adelaide
Brent N. Kaiser
Brent N. Kaiser University of Sydney
David A. Day
David A. Day Flinders University
Wen-Hao Zhang
Wen-Hao Zhang Chinese Academy of Sciences
Peter R. Ryan
Peter R. Ryan Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
Jayakumar Bose
Jayakumar Bose Western Sydney University
John W. Patrick
John W. Patrick University of Newcastle Australia
Victor O. Sadras
Victor O. Sadras Flinders University
Sergey Shabala
Sergey Shabala University of Western Australia
Rana Munns
Rana Munns University of Western Australia

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